by Laura | Jun 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Are Your Protecting the Golden Goose? “We have to protect the golden goose” sounds like wisdom. But it rests on three assumptions: that you know what the golden goose is, that your current decisions are protecting it, and that the proposed change is the...
by Laura | Jun 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
The problem AI just made impossible to ignore The knowledge that makes a family business distinctive lives in people, not systems. That’s always been true. AI is just making it more obvious, more quickly. This piece looks at how one webinar attendee already knew...
by Laura | May 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Who Needs What You Do? Most generational brands know their longtime customers well. What they see less clearly is who already needs what they do but hasn’t walked through the door yet. This piece introduces a framework for finding that growth without abandoning...
by Laura | May 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Missing Brick There’s a moment most generational businesses eventually face: the first year the numbers go backward. What leaders do next often defines the company’s trajectory for decades. This piece explores what LEGO’s recovery reveals about...
by Laura | May 12, 2026 | Family-Owned Business
AI Is Not a New Question for Family Businesses Every generation of family business leaders has faced some version of the same test: something new arrives, and the business has to decide what to do with it. AI is the current version of that test. The leaders who handle...
